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Is there a way to disable controller touchpads using a GUI? (lemmings.world)
submitted 6 days ago by gradual@lemmings.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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[–] who@feddit.org 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

You might be able to prevent a particular touchpad from affecting the desktop with an xinput disable command. Run xinput list to show the available device names and IDs, or man xinput for more details.

Another approach, assuming you're using an X11 session (not Wayland), would be to disable the device in xorg.conf.

A custom udev rule could also do the trick, although it might be more complicated than an xinput command.